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ASICS
Glideride 2
Thanks to ASICS for this latest shoe report by Aaron Jackson.
I have been running in the GLIDERIDE for a while now. I previously had a pair of the GLIDERIDE 1 which I ran around 800km in before retiring. I’ve found a substantial difference between the earlier version of this shoe and the current model. GLIDERIDE feels like an outlier when I look at my shoe options, it’s the most different of everything I run in. For me personally, I use it for a different reason to my other shoes. This has become a bit of a recovery shoe for me, and it works perfectly in that role. The first iteration of this shoe felt as bulky as it looked, however I have been impressed with the new version feeling a lot more streamlined on the foot. There have been changes to the midsole geometry in this update that make the shoe feel much more stable.
Clinically the defining feature of this shoe is fairly obvious, the rocker. It’s a useful shoe to have in your prescribing options for patients. As mentioned above, it’s really like nothing else available in the ASICS range. You are likely to come across patients for whom this shoe is exactly right as often as you’ll see patients that this shoe just doesn’t work for. Part of our role as clinicians will be identifying those people that would benefit from the features and
technology in footwear options and make suitable recommendations. Previous research has suggested that running in a shoe with a midsole rocker reduces the ankle plantarflexion moment, at propulsion. This will most likely lead to a reduction in load and strain on the posterior muscles/tendons of the lower limb.
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